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<h3>Compact Polarimetric Stokes Parameter Generation Operator</h3>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This
operator computes the following Stokes child parameters:<br>
<ul>
    <li>degree of polarization<br>
    </li>
    <li>degree of depolarization</li>
    <li>degree of circularity</li>
    <li>degree of ellipticity</li>
    <li>circular polarization ratio</li>
    <li>linear polarization ratio</li>
    <li>linear relative phase<br>
    </li>
    <li>alphas</li>
    <li>conformity coefficient<br>
    </li>
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<h4>Input and Output</h4>

<ul>
    <li>The
        input to this operator should be a simulated compact polarimetric SAR
        product in complex scattering vector or complex covariance matrix
        format.
    </li>
    <li>The output of this operator can be Stokes vector and user selected Stokes child parameters.</li>
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<h4>Parameters Used</h4>&nbsp;&nbsp; The following processing parameters are needed (see Figure 1):<br>
<ul>
    <li>Window Size X: X dimension of the sliding window used in computing the mean covariance matrix</li>
  <li>Window Size Y: Y dimension of the sliding window used in computing the mean covariance matrix</li>

    <li>Stokes vector check box</li>
    <li>degree of polarization check box</li>
    <li>degree of depolarization check box</li>
    <li>degree of circularity check box</li>
    <li>degree of ellipticity check box</li>
    <li>circular polarization ratio check box</li>
    <li>linear polarization ratio check box</li>
    <li>linear relative phase check box</li>
    <li>alphas check box</li>
    <li>conformity coefficient check box<br>
    </li>

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<p> Reference:&nbsp;</p>

<p>[1] R. K. Raney, P. Spudis, B. Bussey, J. R. Jensen, B. Marinelli, P. McKerracher, R. Schulze, H. Sequeira, and H.
    Winters,
    "Compact Polarimetry at the Moon: The Mini-RF Radars", POLinSAR, Frascati, Italy, 24-29 Jan. 2011.<br>
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